Monday, 4 February 2002

Oh we're like creatures in the wind... ... and wild is the wind Have you seen Lockergnome? the source of lots of good freeware stuff for the PC. Chris Pirillo also has a blog which is usually worthwhile... The Lockergnome monthly newsletter is one of the half-dozen newsletters (not work-related) that I do subscribe to. "Security experts have found a way to gain access to the computer hard drives of users of Morpheus, which has taken over from Napster as the leading internet song-swapping service...It means that the personal details of up to two million people could be exposed to prying eyes." BBC Report People who comment on services like Morpheus/Gnutella/etc. seem to presume the people that use them don't have any smarts ... alternatives which have no spyware, no popups, have and will continue to be published and distributed. Seems to me organisations like the MPAA/RIAA/BSAA don't get it - people are gunna download & share digital versions of everything they can. Trying to extract $$$ in every context isn't worth the effort.  Factoids The median lethal dose of caffeine for an adult human is around 10 grams. Find information on caffeine and it's over-consumption at < http://www.thecaffeinepage.com > With the exception of the U.S. and Canada, the Internet population in every country is predominantly male < http://www.nielsen-netratings.com/ >In Dec 2001, average USA web users spent 33 hours per month online (work & home), while in Australia we spent nearly 8 hours a month online. The Internet has become the primary communication tool for teens, surpassing even the telephone among some groups, according to a study by AOL. < http://cyberatlas.com/big_picture/demographics/article/0,,5901_961881,00.html > 3:36:35 PM

Meta blogging, maps, the "p" in hamster and more ... Rebecca Blood essay on the history of blogs Linkwatcher  a kind of real-time monitor of selected blogs; Weblog Review, where blogs are reviewed by other bloggers BlogHop Quote Dubya to Vladmir Putin: "You're the kind of guy I'd like to have in a foxhole with me.'' Add that to the list of world's worst pickup lines. Can't they learn how to spell? The gruesomely commercial Hampsterdance site is now a Flash site... [ Coming soon,,,  a picture gallery] Factoid With the exception of the U.S. and Canada, the Internet population in every country is predominantly male.  In Dec 2001, average USA web users spent 33 hours per month online (work & home), while in Australia we spent nearly 8 hours a month online. < http://www.nielsen-netratings.com/ >   For regular web browsers, here's the 404 message page Here's a handy picture converter - Pic2HTML lets you make ASCII art from a local file... #  In this satellite image, I'm round about where the "X" is...  #   ajooayjfjjoojjffooaybbbfbfjyobbbyfofoyboooojoyoobayjbyooyjjafjboayooaafobfoaooofyooofbobooaaobbjfyaobfaoj fafafbjbayafaffbooyofyyoafojoboaoaofaoafooybjojooajyaooboaooyfajfbjfjbfofajoffoyofoofoyybjfbjaojoafjofaaf joaooboaaofyyjabaojyayafooboyjyjobfofaaojyfaofyoyjoofbbfyabofofffjboaobyffooyaaoyoobfaybbjjfjyfjaobobjooy aabooooofbbojbbabjyayboboojaooobyabofbafobboaaoobyajbfojoofyoaboojoaaoffjbofjooojfjafafaofaaboooabbjyoayo ojaoybofoabyobbjyoojjbyojayjbojyoaoofjaooyabjjjjobooajfyfyaooooyyoofyobaofjooojjoaaboyjyfbbbaoaoyojjojofb obooojojyyoyayofaoobyyybyfobfjobjbjooooobajbojaooajbojoyyoojyoajoyjfaojjfooyjoyafofyjbboabooojfoajobjfoof bjbfoabaoobjfjbyooofojbbojboojjjojbojfjyojoofofbjofoyjbyfyfooboooyjojoojfyobjojaboobobaojffbjoojyoooofabo ffojyyabooajooyoabobjfaoyyfooabafofooyojboojojybooffjjafyjafofaaofoyjoofboyyooaooyajaobboffaooayboyoobbbb aaafbjjbayyyoofojyjojyjyofboabyyybyyfjobyboooaoyoafyofjjjooyoofofooaoajbjabaoffooooyjjbfyofbofaojjafooaja yooobyjoyyboyaafyojffjooyjjoaooayjbjjbjooafjboafoboooobaoobyaajfojoafyjyyaboaoyjaofyybjoaoobjofjobfoabjjj bfbabaaofbabjffjojofbaobjoobaafjyjfaaoooaooobybfboboXofofbbojooffbojyyyoojojyofobooayafafbbooyjobfffybjoo bofjoffjfjbfooaboooobjfaoojaboyooobfofoofofybybjjoaoyofofyyaoyojfobojobaaoyoobjyyyjaoyaajyyoafobabjjfyayy aaoyyoffffbjoybjjbbooooofoyoyyjjoyojfyjjaaybooyaoyooaaboaojbofjjbajoajfjfoofobbfjafyooofooaybfofofoajfoao yfjyyoffbbyajoajyyafoayafbyfbaboffoyoobfoaabajofyojjoooojbajbboaoyjooofyoyafjjfffoyffayfafjjojyoafbyjyjaf abojyofajafjjjybojofyyyoabfoaaoffybooboojajffofooyaafooaooyyfyffaofjbaojjyobbfofybyofaajjbfojyojoobffoafa yoyabjyoaoabybjoooobjjabbfbajobfjoybyooaoaoaobaoooyoobfaobjojoyboafaobaaoajfobojoyffyofyjfyjbjjboobjofjao ooajjajooboaabobyabfbyooobyaobjaoyafyoofajbobaafoyaofojfooaojojofofofjaffyyybjbayoyoboobajobojabyjjoooooj fyabjaoyboyoooybjboobfyoboaooyoboooooojabfoaooobaffjoayjjyobbaoyoabaaffybjaoayofjfofbfooyfbbyjoaooyyffoof bfbjbfaoyjoffjbojobajyjbofaboabfooobjfyojoajoybfjyofoyyoooboyaajafyobjobfoaffbybjfbjyjboyfbbyoybjybjabbba 11:54:39 AM

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